Lonely Together

(23)I cant be with you

I stayed on the floor till I felt a vibration in my pocket seeing Makaylas name pop up on my screen

I swiped and answered "hello?"

"I'm here, where are you?"

I slowly got up with a small groan and I started retracing my steps and stopped where the small pond was

"Next to a pond"

"I'm coming to look for you stay where you are" she said before my phone went silent

In the next five minutes I saw her figure in the distance and I waved my hand in the air and she does walked towards me

"Oh my God what happened" she raked her eyes over my messed up hair and my battered up clothing and I just shrugged

"Can I go over your house"

She just nodded and we got into her car where I noticed the ID's we are supposed to wear but no-one really wears in school sitting in her cup holder and I realized she was in school

"Fuck you were at school I'm so sorry" I placed my hand on my head and shook it and she just smiled at me

"You saved me from math, don't be sorry"

She started the car and took off towards her house. I sat in silence until we got there when she asked me if I was okay

I nodded my head and she nodded her head back at me taking off her seatbelt and exiting the car, gesturing for me to do the same.

When we got inside she told me that i should go upstairs, doen the hall, and the last room on the right is hers, that she would be up there in a second

I followed her instructions and saw all the pictures on her walls. Her, her and her family, her and Bryce doing silly faces, random dogs and scenery and I wondered if she took any of those.

She soon came up with s glass of water and handed it to me

"Did you take those?" I ask and she looked up at her wall and shrugged

"Some, but some of them people took with my camera"

"They're really good"

She smiled at that and said thank you and patted the space on the bed next to her

"So what happened?"

"In all honesty, I don't know" I didn't know if she knew what Bryce did and i didn't exactly know what he did either. It wasn't my place to tell her his business when I didn't fully know myself

I took a sip of my water and she stayed indicating that I continue on

"I don't know, I guess stress. My panic attacks have been a little high recently" I pause debating whether to mention it "And me and Bryce got into a fight"

She nodded "the thing at school....or the call over the phone"

So she did know

"I didn't want to say anything because I didn't know if you knew"

"So you were protecting him even though he slept with someone else?"

I looked at the pictures on the walls trying not to let a tear slip " I didn't know for sure.." but my voice gave away all of my sadness

She took me into her arms and held me while I cried

And when I finally felt like toning down I backed away checks hot and damp from my tears

"I just - I don't know.."

"I promise you he isn't a bad guy, he just makes stupid choices. He called me after crying. Crying!! He never cries" she looks into my eyes and takes my hands "I know that isn't an excuse for what he did but I can promise you he loves you. He may not deserve you but he needs you, what you do is up to you but I'm on your side no matter what"